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Classic Who "The Twin Dilemma" Parts 1&2 Full Reaction (Patreon)

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Andrew Vignaux

What a contrast from the last story. These "The Twin Dilemma" episodes are not the highest level Classic Who has ever achieved. I think, perhaps, the only times I have watched these episodes were (a) when they were originally on TV, (b) when the discs were originally released, and (c) when I was doing a marathon Who watch. They don't get grabbed off the shelf just to view. There were times in New Who when people would moan about "Love & Monsters" or "Fear Her" and I would shake my head and think "Well, you haven't seen *The Twin Dilemma* - have you?". BTW: I like "Love & Monsters" and can appreciate "Fear Her" - there are episodes in the Moffat-era that I would rank lower (sorry, Moffat-era fans). "No, not even a fairy. An alien spy, sent here to spy on me. Well, we all know the fate of alien spies.", The Doctor, "The Twin Dilemma" I think I prefer a Doctor Who episode that doesn't involve strangling the companion. "A noble brow. Clear gaze. At least it will be, given a few hours sleep. A firm mouth. A face beaming with a vast intelligence. My dear child, what on Earth are you complaining about?", The Doctor, "The Twin Dilemma" This pompous post-regeneration Doctor is quite fun - but I still prefer an episode that doesn't involve strangling the companion. N.B. Of course we've recently seen Five shoot Kamelion - but I was mostly ok with that. "You can't go out dressed like that. ... It's, oh, yuck.", Peri, "The Twin Dilemma" I always like the Doctor looking through a wardrobe looking for his new costume - among other things we see the 2nd Doctor's trousers and fur coat and the 3rd Doctor's jacket and cape. "Brave heart, Tegan.", The Doctor, "The Twin Dilemma" I quote this merely because I've always quoted that line previously. "We'll still be here when you get back.", "And so will the universe.", Romulus and Remus, "The Twin Dilemma" The twins: sorry, the actors just flatten every scene they are in. Actually, their performance in this story caused anxiety for me seeing Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter films - hoping they cast for acting ability rather than just being identical. But I needn't have worried - the Phelps brothers were great. The most interesting thing about these twin actors is that their father was a long-running Classic Who extra with roles going as far back as the First Doctor's "The Massacre" and as recently as playing one of the gun runners in "The Caves of Androzani". "Very well. I must revitalise.", Professor Edgeworth, "The Twin Dilemma" When Edgeworth/Azmael is getting revitalized, we see two hearts, I think. I think you noticed that too. "You destroyed my entire command. Now I'm going to kill you.", Hugo Lang, "The Twin Dilemma" Here's where a slight change of history could have made a huge effect on my tablet's speakers. If the person responsible for casting this story had turned right instead of left one morning, then the role of Hugo Lang, the pilot who finds a change of costume in the TARDIS, could have been played by - Peter Capaldi. My speakers would not have been able to take it.

Steve Webster

I still have a copy of the rulebooks for the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game which came out round about this time, which has a section giving little snapshot bios of all the Doctors to date, accompanied by their headshots. The entry for the Sixth Doctor describes him as something like "the strangest of all"; and they weren't kidding, since the photo they chose for him showed just the TARDIS. There's a couple of old hands in this story. The twins' father was Dennis Chinnery, who faced the Daleks twice before: as the unfortunate Gharman in Genesis of the Daleks, and prior to that as the First Mate on the Mary Celeste in The Chase. Unrecognisable under the latex of Mestor's mask, though his voice is rather distinctive, is Edwin Richfield, who had been Captain Hart in The Sea Devils. Also Colin Baker has a tiny uncredited role as the voice of Jacondan Control. I just noticed something in this viewing that I don't think I've ever spotted before. I know there was a lot of cross-pollination between DW and Blake's Seven around this period, which was usually fairly well obscured to make it a little less obvious. However, in the TARDIS wardrobe is a prominent silver boiler suit still clearly bearing the ZVP logo of the Zerok Vegetable Processing plant from the B7 episode "Gold".